By UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH
UTMB’s Kyriakos S. Markides is this year’s winner of the Robert W. Kleemeier Award — the highest honor given by the Gerontological Society of America — in recognition of his “outstanding research in the field of gerontology.” Markides, editor of the Journal of Aging and Health, is the author or co-author of more than 340 publications, most of which focus on aging and health issues in the Mexican-American population, as well as minority aging issues in general. His research has been funded continuously by the National Institutes of Health since 1980. He is a professor in the department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health.
Marshall among the best
The Texas Nurses Association has named David Marshall, chief nursing officer at UTMB, as one of the 25 outstanding nurses in the Houston/Galveston area. The honorees are nominated by their peers and co-workers as exemplary registered nurses. Marshall and the others will be honored at the group’s 25th annual Nursing Celebration on Nov. 12 in Houston that raises money for charity.
Bishop featured in ‘The Visit’
Sheryl L. Bishop, director of the biobehavioral research laboratory at the School of Nursing, is featured in a new film that “documents” how people might react to an extraterrestrial visiting earth. “The Visit” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was featured at SXSW in Austin. The film “documents” and explores fundamental responses such as why a visitor would come to earth. The film has been released through Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/on-demand/thevisit
SCI Café: Respiratory infections
Respiratory infections and new ways to prevent and treat them is the main topic at the SCI Café session to be held at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 24 at Mod Coffeehouse, 2126 Postoffice, in Galveston. Drs. Roberto P. Garofalo and George Saade will lead the discussion.
Text health tips
UTMB offers a free text messaging service called UTMB Health Tips that sends health messages designed to help patients and the public maintain a healthy lifestyle and manage health concerns. Text HEALTH to 37420 to begin receiving the tips. This service provided by the UTMB Center to Eliminate Health Disparities is anonymous and no personal information will be collected. The tips also are available at www.facebook.com/UTMBHealthTips.
Inside UTMB is compiled by the communications department at the University of Texas Medical Branch.